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Go Live and Optimize B2C Commerce for Your Business
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Go Live and Optimize B2C Commerce for Your Business

Learn how to get your site live, then make the most of it with tools to analyze, test, and keep things running smoothly.

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Skills you will gain

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  • Data Visualization
  • Specialized Sales
  • General Sales Practices
  • System Design and Implementation
  • Data Analysis

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  • Commerce Cloud
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+1,400 points
Advanced
End User
4 hrs 15 mins

Get Your B2C Commerce Site Live

Take the steps necessary to make your new site live.

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Create a Proxy Zone and Add a Hostname | Commerce Cloud

Increase site scalability by creating a proxy zone and add hostname for your storefront.

Vidyard
~2 mins •
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Article

Install a storefront SSL certificate on the Commerce Cloud B2C platform for storefront sites.

~4 mins •
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Article

Protect your storefront using the extra protection of an Embedded Content Delivery Network.

~4 mins •
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Article

Enable custom maintenance pages for customer initiated and Commerce Cloud infrastructure maintenance.

~2 mins •
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Article

Open a Go-Live ticket to ensure your realm is appropriately configured for live traffic.

~4 mins •
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Article

Mark your new site as live after support has enabled the option.

~2 mins •
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Analyze and Optimize Your Site

Review your site performance and refine with testing.

Module

Design your performance analysis strategy for pre- and post-launch monitoring.

+300 Points
~30 mins
Article

Search your realms logs for messages from system and custom code.

~2 mins •
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Module

Explore site performance data with the Reports & Dashboards app.

+200 Points
~35 mins
Article

Use dashboards for insights on sales, products, promotions, site traffic, and other aspects of your sites.

~5 mins •
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Module

Evaluate the performance of your on-site search strategy with On-Site Search dashboards.

+200 Points
~25 mins
Module

Use dashboards to easily access and interpret your storefront's sales and product data.

+200 Points
~30 mins
Article

Create and manage A/B tests, view test results, and change your site based on those results.

~6 mins •
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Keep Your Storefront Running Smoothly

Get the tools you need to manage realm moves, sales events, holiday readiness, and more.

Article

Learn the key information about POD moves and scaling your storefront.

~6 mins •
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Article

Review frequently asked questions about bot management strategies, implementation best practices, and more.

~11 mins •
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Article

Follow preparation guidelines and notify support of specific sales events.

~4 mins •
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Article

Ensure your emails aren’t filtered or blocked by email provider spam systems.

~3 mins •
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Module

Make sure your B2C Commerce storefront is ready for the next holiday shopping season.

+500 Points
~1 hr 20 mins

About this Trail

In this trail, you learn the essentials of taking your site live and then review how your site is performing to determine where you can optimize. Gain skills in sales practices, system design and implementation, data visualization, and more.

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